Rice chloroplasts become more spherical under salt stress
Though the cause isn’t clear, the chloroplasts may be reacting to carbon dioxide or light levels.
Tag: ultrastructure
Serial Block Face-SEM visualisation of nuclear tubular extensions in a carnivorous plant
Unusual nuclei, with spindle-like tubular projections, in the placental tissue of Utricularia nelumbifolia may be involved in nucleus-to-cell-to-cell communication.
The intricate intracellular structure of a rice mesophyll cell
Guard cells first, then epidermis
Floral elaiophores of Vitekorchis, Cyrtochilum and Oncidium
Davies et al. compare the floral elaiophores (oil glands) of four species formerly assigned to Oncidium (Oncidiinae).
Novel structure of placenta in a lycophyte
An examination of an embryo in an underground gametophyte reveals a massive foot with ultrastructural variability comparable to that across major clades.
Floral elaiophore structure in the Gomesa and Oncidium clades
![Image: Brillouet et al., 2013. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct168]](https://i0.wp.com/botany.one/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-Oct-SIZED-align-left.jpg?resize=620%2C460&ssl=1)
Tann-fastic, a new plant organelle(!!)
Jean-Marc Brillouet et al. have identified a new organelle in plant cells: the ‘tannosome’ is involved in the formation of condensed tannins.
